A Kenyan farmer bought a 0.5 Hp sunlight pump for irrigation
Near Masimba in Kenya, Geoffrey Ngule has been using a 0.5 HP sunlight pump since 2021 to irrigate his crops of maize, beans and sweet potatoes. He bought the pump from Sunken,…
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2 Hp sunlight pump with women gardeners in Mali
Since 2022, a women’s group near Kayes, Mali, has been using a 2 HP “sunlight” solar pump to irrigate a tree nursery and vegetable crops covering 7 ha. It has replaced a…
Switching from combustion to solar pumps
“Pyflor” farm in Honduras has been using a 0.5 HP sunlight pump instead of a combustion pump to circulate water with fertilizer in an hydroponic irrigation system since 2017. This energy-saving system…
Solar pumping for a Patagonian cattle rancher
In Chilean Patagonia, the sunlight pump is moving water 6 kilometers away to water dispensers, so that sheeps can drink as much water as they need, without having to walk long distances! For…
Pay-As-You-Go solution: Pay your pump on credit
You need to buy a #sunlightpump solar pump on credit? Aptech Africa in Uganda built a Pay-As-You-Go (#payg) solution: The more you pump, the more you pay ! This PaynPump solution is made possible thanks to…
Women agro-buisness powered by the sun
The Lenca women’s enterprise “Floricultura el clavel” in Chiligatoro, Honduras has been using its solar “sunlight pump” since 2020, installed by the PRO-LENCA project implemented by iDE Honduras. Thanks to this innovative…
Combining the sunlight pump with sprinklers
When farmers grow crops, they already know that irrigation is key to getting the highest possible yields. This is hard and time-consuming work. To grow crop the most efficient way it is…
A life changing technology for women farmers
Most smallholder farmers in developing countries still rely on traditional low productivity agricultural practices and on rainfall to cultivate their few acres of land. Many of them continue to irrigate small plots…
